Hey everyone! I’m back, and ready to play tag! If you spotted my last post a few weeks ago, I briefly mentioned that I had been AWOL for the last year – as a result of mental health, stress, and other reasons – but now I’m back! Sort of. I don’t know how often or how regularly I’ll be popping on, if ever, but I wanted to at least stay true and show myself for this particular tag.
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APRIL ROUNDUP!
MAY? It’s may ALREADY? Wild. Hey everyone! Happy May, I guess, and welcome to this month’s recap! Blah blah blah, you know the drill. This is the part where I recap the last month! Though, I had a pretty slow reading month last month (what’s new, honestly?), and my head was all over the place, so I’m not sure this will be the world’s most thrilling recap, but we’ll give it a go! Before we get started, I’d like to apologise though! I really have had a sloppy month! I had a rubbish reading month, as well as a rubbish blogging month, and I’ve just been generally very spaced out and a bit on the useless side. I’ve not been keeping track of other bloggers and posts as such, nor have I gotten a very good handle on my own content, so hopefully May will be better all around!
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EASTER TIME BOOK TAG!
I know I owe heaps of tags and other posts, but this one felt like it was dependent on time, being an Easter tag and all, so I figured I’d jump right into it! Thank you to the gorgeous Becca who tagged me, and to Theresa for coming up with the tag in the first place!
RULES
- Answer the prompts.
- Tag some friends.
- Link back to this post, and be sure to mention the creator (Theresa @ Calico Books).
- Have fun!
REVIEW; COFFEE BOY BY AUSTIN CHANT
“After graduation, Kieran expected to go straight into a career of flipping burgers—only to be offered the internship of his dreams at a political campaign. But the pressure of being an out trans man in the workplace quickly sucks the joy out of things, as does Seth, the humorless campaign strategist who watches his every move.
Soon, the only upside to the job is that Seth has a painful crush on their painfully straight boss, and Kieran has a front row seat to the drama. But when Seth proves to be as respectful and supportive as he is prickly, Kieran develops an awkward crush of his own—one which Seth is far too prim and proper to ever reciprocate.”
4/5 stars.
WLW RECOMMENDATIONS!
Hey everyone! So, as some of you may already know, last month I took part in F/F February. The aim of the game, basically, was to help myself branch out a little and read more WLW reads, both for the theme of the month, and as a way to contribute to some of my reading resolutions that I set for the year! I managed to get through three LGBT+ books, bringing my WLW reads this year up to four out of nine so far. It’s really great setting challenges like this and branching out and reading things that you wouldn’t necessarily prioritise, but I also wanted to do this as a general rule, regardless of month, as I think it’s so incredibly important for LGBT+ stories to be given more attention. And, as well loved as the Simon Spiers’, Elio Perlmans’, Alec Lightwoods’ and Loras Tyrells’ of the world are, I think we need to step away from merely focusing on white boys being our only, or at the very least most celebrated, form of LGBT+ rep. I can never reiterate enough how important I think it is to keep reading LGBT+ lit, but to never place yourself in a box and allow yourself to fall into habits of hyper focusing on the white, cisgendered, male aspects of the LGBT+ community when there are so many other genders, sexualities, and people coming from varying cultural and social backgrounds to be represented.
Continue readingREVIEWS; OH MY GODS & WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS
OH MY GODS by ALEXANDRA SHEPPARD
“Life as a half-mortal teenager should be epic.
But, for Helen Thomas, it’s tragic.
She’s just moved in with her dorky dad and self-absorbed older siblings – who happen to be the ancient Greek gods, living incognito in London!
Between keeping her family’s true identities secret, trying to impress her new friends, and meeting an actually cute boy, Helen’s stress levels are higher than Mount Olympus.
She needs to rein in her chaotic family before they blow their cover AND her chances at a half-normal social life.
Or is Helen fated for an embarrassment of mythical proportions?”
3/5 stars.
GIVEAWAY WINNER #2 (AND #3)!
Welcome back everyone! I’m really happy to announce that the second giveaway winner has been chosen! If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, then just to recap: At the start of March I decided to host my very first giveaway in honour of both International Women’s History Month and St Patrick’s Day! I announced the first winner on March 18th, and the lucky Aashiwas gifted a free book written by a female, Irish author of their choosing. The second winner, who I announced over on my twitter account, was given the chance to choose any book by any female author!
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Hiya everyone! So, today marks the last day of the month, and so the very last day of International Women’s History month. But what some of you might not know is that today also marks Mother’s Day in some corners of the world! So, in the UK (and other places, no doubt) many of us are celebrating mothers, and all that they do for us. In honour of today, I thought it would be nice to compile a list of some of my favourite literary mothers! And, while I talk about some of my favourites, I’ll then be featuring a selection of other bloggers and tweeters alike who will be telling us about their favourite literary mothers, too!
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Hey team! So, in classic Esme fashion, this lovely bean decided to be an utter cutie and nominated me for The Sunshine Blogger Award! Now, if I had it my way, then I’d say that Esme should be the sole champion of such an award, but that’s not the rules of the tag, so I’m going to happily take this on! And, with that in mind, if you aren’t already (and, if you aren’t, how are you even here if not for Esme?!) then please give my lovely pal a quick follow! You won’t regret it.
RULES:
- Thank the blogger who nominated you in a blog post and links back to their blog.
- Answer the 11 questions the blogger asked you.
- Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions.
- List the rules and display The Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post.
REVIEW; DEAR MARTIN BY NIC STONE
“Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut.
Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.
Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack.”
5/5 stars.
a novel idea 